NPR Tiny Desk Concerts - Season 2021

The Iranian-Dutch singer and producer performs four songs during her Tiny Desk quarantine set.

Patrick Grossi's heavenly voice is backed by a stunning view of the San Gabriel mountains in this Tiny Desk quarantine video.

The R&B star celebrates her new album, Heaux Tales, with a Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

The YouTube star performs five songs in her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

Pharoahe Monch's fed-up rock band performs four songs for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

An eight-piece backing band, dressed almost entirely in white, helps Garzón-Montano bring the music of his latest album, Agüita, to life.

The Canadian punk band might have generated a noise complaint with this Tiny Desk quarantine performance.

Watch the composer, in a bucolic southern England setting, play six of his most tranquil, yet probing pieces.

The Baltimore rock band became stars thanks to a stunning performance on The Late Show With David Letterman. Watch Sam Herring and co. perform four songs for Tiny Desk's quarantine series.

The rising Jamaican soul singer and Protoje co-sign performed four songs for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

Watch the Congolese refugee's Tiny Desk quarantine concert, filmed in a Paris bar.

The provocative pop star covers Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You" and performs two cuts from Plastic Hearts for her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

The rock group featuring Paul Banks of Interpol performed a Tiny Desk quarantine set from a theater in New York's Hudson Valley.

The political is personal for the nine-time Grammy winner. Watch him lead the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet through three songs from his Democracy! Suite.

The jazz saxophonist and his quartet perform three songs that speak directly to the struggle and triumph of the Black experience for Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration.

The rising jazz flutist blends Afrofuturistic jazz and Haitian folk in a transfixing Tiny Desk quarantine concert for our Black History Month celebration.

The rising R&B star performs three songs as part of Tiny Desk's celebration of Black History Month.

Filmed in stark black and white, Ndegeocello takes us on an intense trip across her catalog. Watch the R&B auteur's contribution to Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration.

One of 2020's breakout artists performs four songs as part of Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration.

Miami's biggest boss performs six songs with a live band in this Tiny Desk quarantine concert, part of our Black History Month celebration.

The Atlanta rap star brings us into his nail salon for a Tiny Desk quarantine concert, part of our Black History Month celebration.

The rapper, singer and songwriter performs four songs as part of Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration.

The budding indie rock star performs four songs for his quarantined Tiny Desk, part of our Black History Month celebration.

The poet, rapper and singer-songwriter joins us from Zambia for a visually stunning quarantine concert, part of Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration.

The Afrobeats star performs four songs from his home in Nigeria for Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration.

The gospel trailblazer and his powerhouse choir close out Tiny Desk's Black History Month celebration with a moving performance from his studio in Arlington, Texas.

The rapper behind last year's hit "WHATS POPPIN" performs six songs from his debut album for Tiny Desk's quarantine series.

The Icelandic composer and pianist takes us inside his Reykjavik studio for his Tiny Desk quarantine set.

Watch Fleet Foxes singer Robin Pecknold perform alone at a very tiny desk.

Six artists representing four countries in Africa perform a megamix of selections from Rhythms of Zamunda: Music Inspired By Coming 2 America.

The South African house star brings three electronic tracks to life with the help of live percussion, keys and guest vocalists in this Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

Xavier Omär and his cohorts play a charismatic and vocally rich Tiny Desk home concert at a coffee shop in San Antonio.

Watch the pop superstar and his band perform four songs from the forthcoming Justice, including a world premiere of "Peaches."

The one and only Sting returns to Tiny Desk, and this time he's brought Beninese pop star Shirazee.

The British singer-songwriter performs three songs from his latest album, Ekundayo, in this Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

The Big Thief guitarist and vocalist performs a solo Tiny Desk home concert from the back of his Land Cruiser in Topanga Canyon, California.

Across hemispheres, despite a nearly 8,000-mile separation, the Saskatoon, Canada duo of cousins Kacy & Clayton and New Zealand's Marlon Williams manage to create harmony and intimacy.

In our first of four Tiny Desk Meets SXSW concerts, Dre Babinski delivers an absolutely charming performance.

Watch the Dominican-born guitarist get groovy with his band in this special Tiny Desk Meets SXSW performance.

The funky and flamboyant R&B singer debuts two new songs in this Tiny Desk Meets SXSW concert.

Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes brought the tiniest desks possible to their SXSW video.

The Americana star performs a Tiny Desk from an empty Mercury Café in Denver.

Recorded on a sunny spring day in her Los Angeles backyard, Demi Lovato sings "Tell Me You Love Me" and two songs from Dancing With The Devil... The Art Of Starting Over.

The co-founder of yMusic and Bon Iver collaborator performs a quarantine concert from Eau Claire, Wisc.

The Japanese British pop star performs three tracks from her 2020 debut album, SAWAYAMA.

The Spanish superstar performed one of the most ambitious, and yet simple, Tiny Desks we've seen in quarantine.

The Richmond, Va., band floats between jazz, hip-hop, funk and soul. Watch the group's rooftop Tiny Desk performance.

The Colombian hip-hop trio was part of a four-act showcase that highlighted outstanding Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean musicians.

The artist formerly known as D.R.A.M. returns to the Tiny Desk with a new look, a vocally flawless performance, and the premiere of a brand new song.

The pop group took to the biggest little stage in New York City to record its Tiny Desk quarantine set.

The band is still quarantined in houses around the country, but you wouldn't know it from this video.

The ascending rap singer performs four songs, including "Street Runner" and "Rags2Riches," in his Tiny Desk quarantine set.

The 18-year-old Portuguese rapper and songwriter dazzles in this collaboration between Tiny Desk and AFROPUNK.

The Brazilian singer uses her Tiny Desk platform to discuss individual and systemic forms of anti-Blackness.

The Puerto Rican singer performed three songs for this special Tiny Desk collaboration with AFROPUNK.

The Argentine duo performs a haunting and captivating set of covers, including songs by Leonard Cohen and Feist.

The champions of sound collage and subverters of culture bring thoughtful fun to their Tiny Desk quarantine set.

The U.K. jazz drummer and producer helms a Tiny Desk from Church Studios in North London.

Ani DiFranco delivers a beautiful and powerful performance from her home and studio, Big Blue in New Orleans.

The Nickel Creek fiddler makes a magical return to Tiny Desk. Watch Sara Watkins and her band perform five songs in quarantine

The members of this indie rock trio all sing and play each other's instruments. Watch Palberta perform from a Philly basement in this quarantine concert.

The beloved songwriter performs tunes from her 2020 album, Total Freedom, in this quarantine set.

The avant-garde figurehead performs music from Big Science, including "O Superman," for her Tiny Desk quarantine set.

The African guitarist assembled a band in Niger for this special Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

The Twin Peaks red room is "home" for this critically acclaimed indie rock band's Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

John and T.J. Osborne turn up the intensity in a Tiny Desk quarantine set that features music from the duo's 2020 album, Skeletons.

The reggaeton superstar performs three songs during her quarantine concert, which features a guest appearance by fellow Colombiano Camilo.

The Latino hip-hop legend plays a medley of hits from his nearly 30-year catalog.

Sasha Spielberg, a.k.a. Buzzy Lee, performed a playful and passionate Tiny Desk (home) concert from her childhood bathroom.

For their first-ever full-band Tiny Desk appearance, The Hold Steady squeezed behind a cramped backstage corner of the Brooklyn Bowl.

Tom Jones performs songs from his new album, Surrounded By Time for the first time in his triumphant return to the Tiny Desk.

Rostam and his band perform acoustic-driven versions of two songs from Changephobia, plus "In a River."

One of rock's most important backup singers, Merry Clayton performs a relaxed but purposeful Tiny Desk home concert.

The classically trained singer, performance artist and writer turns his Tiny Desk (home) concert into a showcase of his dynamism as a performer.

Smooth vibes abound in this quarantine concert, recorded in a cottage near the Montreal band's home.

The prolific bassist and two-time Grammy-nominated producer and guitarist come together to distill the sonic creativity of their album, Notes With Attachments.

With chemistry and camaraderie in abundance, Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, and Jon Randall extend an honorary invitation into their world.

Watch Liz Phair perform songs from her new album, Soberish, as well as a classic from Exile In Guyville.

Tiny Desk heads to Easter Island in the South Pacific for sublime performances by pianist Mahani Teave and a heartwarming story.

To celebrate 50 years of NPR, we asked beatmakers Carrtoons, Kaelin Ellis, Kiefer, and The Kount to recreate some of the iconic themes from our news programs.

If young folks are our future, then classical music looks blazingly bright with these extraordinary performances by teenage musicians from across the country.

Watch Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker perform four songs with a full band.

The post-punk band recontextualizes its established robust sound for a relatively subdued Tiny Desk performance from World of Echo, a record store in East London.

The South African production duo's Tiny Desk (home) concert, recorded at the former residence of Nelson Mandela, feels like a spiritual sound bath.

Watch a larger-than-life Tiny Desk concert from this South Korean rock ensemble.

From a sun-drenched spot outside Electric Lady Studios, Jack Antonoff and company perform intimate revisions of songs from their forthcoming album, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night.

From her alma mater in Richmond, Va., Lucy Dacus plays songs from her latest album, Home Video.

The Canadian band led by Tamara Lindeman plays four songs from their latest album, Ignorance somewhere in the woods of Mulmur in Southern Ontario.

The Australian singer-songwriter performs four songs from her album To Enjoy Is the Only Thing.

Vince Staples brings the sound of his new self-titled album to life for his Tiny Desk (home) concert.

From the lush gardens of The Houdini estate in Los Angeles, the influential Atlanta rapper premiers songs from his forthcoming album, Punk.

Alone amidst the mist and moss near her new home on Ireland's western coast, Savage performs three songs that cohere around the theme of emerging from the darkness of a toxic relationship.

The South London band, backed by a compendium of violins, horns and more, plays songs from its latest album, Drunk Tank Pink.

From an empty Shea Theater in Turners Falls, Mass., the trio plays songs from their new album, Sweep It Into Space, along with two towering classics.

Very chill aliens, chickens and monsters join the Australian R&B group during its Tiny Desk set from Melbourne.

Watch Ben Howard play songs from his latest album, Collections from the Whiteout as well as the premiere of a new tune.

Backed by members of Sylvan Esso, Mountain Man, Bon Iver and more, Flock of Dimes' Jenn Wasner performs three songs from her new album, Head of Roses.

Ronald and Ernie Isley broadcast from their St. Louis, Mo. studio to share four classics from the Isley Brothers' legendary catalog.

Watch the folk-soul singer-songwriter perform four songs from her new album, in defense of my own happiness.

The trap superstars perform three songs at Gallery Dept. in Los Angeles for this pandemic edition of Tiny Desk.

The London rapper performs songs from her new album Sometimes I Might Be Introvert from a living room dropped inside a void.

The three sisters play songs from their latest album, Good Woman, from the house they grew up in.

One of the DMV's most formidable forces bounces around her varied discography for her Tiny Desk home concert.

The Memphis singer-songwriter reworks songs from her debut album, Dawn, from a room inside Electric Lady Studios

Pastor T.L. Barrett comes to this Tiny Desk (home) concert from his spiritual home, the Chicago church he has pastored for over 40 years.

The formidable lyricist celebrates eight years of sobriety with this Tiny Desk home concert from his studio near Detroit.

The reggaetón superstar kicks off our "El Tiny" takeover of the Tiny Desk (home) concert series.

The Colombian indie rock band performs a colorful and funky four-song set from their home country's capital, Bogotá.

The pop singer premieres new music with family and friends for her "El Tiny" home concert.

The Mexican singer returns to the instrument workshop that started it all, performing a stunning set from her parent's home in Veracruz, Mexico.

The Cuban vocalist and her parents perform a three-song set from Havana for this stop of our "El Tiny" tour of Latin music.

The Panamanian singer celebrates reggaetón with an El Tiny performance set in a library.

The Dominican-American superstar plays his "El Tiny" concert from a barbershop in The Bronx.

The Dominican-Italian singer performs an "El Tiny" concert from Soho Beach House in Miami.

Nicki Nicole's Tiny Desk home concert is representative of her artistry writ large, as an artist born in 2000 but with a connection to sounds and styles beyond her years.

Pop sensation Camila Cabello brings her famous hits back home, backing powerful vocals with Cuban congueros and Mexican mariachi.

From Preservation Hall in New Orleans, the rhythmically fueled group broadcasts a powerful performance for a not-so Tiny crowd.

For her Tiny Desk (home) concert, Yasmin Williams keeps the background sparse to foreground her inventive playing.

The cast of Jagged Little Pill celebrates their return to Broadway with a Tiny Desk (home) performance of songs from the iconic Alanis Morissette album of the same name.

In Circuit des Yeux's Tiny Desk (home) concert — recorded at Chicago's historic May Chapel — Haley Fohr's operatic, four-octave vibrato contains a wondrous terror, but also an illumination of being.

Ed Sheeran performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert surrounded by bookshelves and a host of world-class musicians.

It felt good to be at the Tiny Desk, if only for one night. Tiny Desk Contest winner Neffy plays her winning song, "Wait Up," plus three more in the first Tiny Desk concert since March 2020.

In their Tiny Desk (home) concert, The War On Drugs gather in their packed studio in Burbank, CA to let us in on the fun and intricate inner workings of their craft.

The torchbearer for Mexican Regional music plays a Tiny Desk home concert from his ranch in Sinaloa.

Adorning hues that recall the title of her latest EP, If Orange Was a Place, the Nigerian singer performs a Tiny Desk home concert from an elegant performance space in Lagos.

From his home in Winnipeg, the folk singer emanates thoughtful messages of redemption and love.

From the Sheet'ka Kwaan Naa Kahidi community house, the Southeast Alaskan artist uses a combination of electronic and acoustic elements to fuel his Tiny Desk home concert.

The Akimel Oʼotham folk singer performs four songs for her Tiny Desk (home) concert.

After a 20-month hiatus, the cast of the musical comedy celebrates its return with a Tiny Desk (home) concert.

The 11-piece band crammed into a coffee shop in Queens, New York, to play three of the most tangible songs from their album, Madison.

Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, and their band perform a playfully wistful Tiny Desk (home) concert from a creative arts space on the Isle of Wight.

From the DMV, the pop star and her band take on new arrangements of songs from her debut album, SOUR.

Watch the Pakistan-born singer and her masterful band perform songs of love and loss in a decrepit, yet generously resonant, convent in Brooklyn.

Backed by a four-piece band, the Chicago-bred MC plays a Tiny Desk home concert that simmers with soul.

14 years after their last collaboration, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are back at Sound Emporium, where they recorded their new album Raise The Roof.

From Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen in Inglewood, California, our second and final Insecure Tiny Desk takeover is a total Los Angeles affair. The spot where B.K. Habermehl, Nnena, and TeaMarrr gather is also co-owned by series creator and star, Issa Rae. Our first collaboration with Insecure was an experiment just a few weeks into the Tiny Desk (home) experiment last year. We took what we learned and decided to run it back. Hilltop was featured on the show and the addition of L.A.'s own 1500 or Nothin' as the backing band made the refinement complete.

The two Grammy Award-winning gospel artists come together for an unapologetic expression of faith and gratefulness in this holiday Tiny Desk home concert.